Discovery BoxGalatians 3:8 
Context3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time, 1 saying, “All the nations 2 will be blessed in you.” 3
Galatians 3:10
Context3:10 For all who 4 rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law.” 5
Galatians 4:9
Context4:9 But now that you have come to know God (or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless 6 basic forces? 7 Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again? 8
1 tn For the Greek verb προευαγγελίζομαι (proeuangelizomai) translated as “proclaim the gospel ahead of time,” compare L&N 33.216.
2 tn The same plural Greek word, τὰ ἔθνη (ta eqnh), can be translated as “nations” or “Gentiles.”
3 sn A quotation from Gen 12:3; 18:18.
4 tn Grk “For as many as.”
5 tn Grk “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all the things written in the book of the law, to do them.”
sn A quotation from Deut 27:26.
6 tn Or “useless.” See L&N 65.16.
7 tn See the note on the phrase “basic forces” in 4:3.
8 tn Grk “basic forces, to which you want to be enslaved…” Verse 9 is a single sentence in the Greek text, but has been divided into two in the translation because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence.
